Preserving brain function in a comatose patient with septic hyperpyrexia (41.6 °C): a case report
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- 作者：Samantha Sterkel ; Akinboyede Akinyemi…
- 关键词：Hyperpyrexia ; Levetiracetam ; Glutamate ; Organum vasculosum laminae terminalis ; Neuroprotection ; Amantadine ; Glasgow Coma Score
- 刊名：Journal of Medical Case Reports
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：December 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：11
- 期：1
- 全文大小：495KB
- 刊物主题：Medicine/Public Health, general; General Practice / Family Medicine; Public Health; Primary Care Medicine;
- 出版者：BioMed Central
- ISSN：1752-1947
- 卷排序：11
文摘
BackgroundPyrexia is a physiological response through which the immune system responds to infectious processes. Hyperpyrexia is known to be neurodegenerative leading to brain damage. Some of the neurotoxic effects of hyperpyrexia on the brain include seizures, decreased cognitive speed, mental status changes, coma, and even death. In the clinical management of hyperpyrexia, the goal is to treat the underlying cause of elevated temperature and prevent end organ damage.